Final Shots: The Netflix Streaming Device You Will Never, Ever Get To Own

Does it seem weird to you that while there’s Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire Stick, Netflix never produced a streaming device of its own? Well, Slash Gear reports that they actually did. A former Netflix employee named Barry Enderwick revealed on LinkedIn that the streaming company was already planning on conquering streaming over a decade ago. They started working on a “Netflix Box.” The prototype exists and Enderwick claims they were about to launch when they cut the proverbial cord. Enderwick wrote:

If our goal was to be on all devices, why would we compete with them by getting into the hardware business? So the decision was made. Kill the Netflix Box instead of killing our strategy. And even though the Netflix Box was killed internally, it did see the light of day as the Roku Player.

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